Specialized Workshop M2 - Monday April 07, 2025: 7am to 5:30pm

" AGENDA - Biomarkers Discovery, Development, Validation & Regulatory Approval - Latest Advances, Challenges and Solutions from Internationally Recognized Key Opinion Leaders "

07:00am-08:00am: Start your day at WRIB with Continental Breakfast

Session 1: Current Challenges in Biomarker Assays Development/BAV: Parallelism, Free Target Measurement, GCLP vs CLIA, New Platforms

Session 2: Vaccine Biomarkers LBA: Focus on Automation, Assay Maintenance/Performance Monitoring and Complex Matrices Development/Validation

Session 3: Mass Spec Assays vs LBA for Measuring Biomarkers and EU IVDR 2017/746 Impact on Global Biomarker Strategy

Session 4: Development & Fit for Purpose Validation (FFP BAV) of CDx/IVDs: Focus on CDx for AAV- based Gene Therapies (GT)

Session 5: 2025 White Paper in Bioanalysis

-08:00pm: "Recommendations on Biomarkers & Companion Diagnostics and Panel Discussions for 2025 White Paper in Bioanalysis"

Session Finale: ASK THE REGULATORS! Interactive Panel Discussion with All the Regulators

08:00pm-08:50pm: Regulatory Feedbacks on Submitted Studies and Inspection/Audit Outcomes on Biomarkers & CDx/BAV
 Regulatory Panelists:
  • Mr. Abbas Bandukwala (US FDA CDER)
  • Ms. Leslie Wagner (US FDA CBER)
  • Dr. Joshua Xu (US FDA NCTR)
  • Dr. Shirley Hopper (UK MHRA)
  • Dr. Alessandra Buoninfante (EU EMA)
  • Dr. Hilke Zander (Germany PEI / EU EMA)
  • Dr. Joerg Engelbergs (German PEI / EU EMA)
  • Dr. Chad Irwin (Health Canada)
  • Dr. Julie Joseph (Health Canada)
  • Mr. Joao Tavares Neto (Brazil ANVISA)
  • Ms. Dulcyane Neiva Mendes (Brazil ANVISA)
05:30pm-07:00pm Welcome Reception Mark Twain Courtyard
Reception






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